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I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes.

Bette Midler

Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there’s a seed that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes a rose.
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Snow Spring Winter
My mother would only let us go to the musicals.
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Let Mother Musical
Thank God for the gays. I don’t know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me.
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Gay God Happened Thank
I think the essence of humor has not changed. It’s all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed.
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Essence Issues Thinking
Music is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie.
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Energy Music Performers
Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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Over You Passion Running
I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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Expectations People Unrealistic
A lot of people say that my life is wasted on me because I could be a bigger asshole than I am, but I’ve chosen not to be.
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Bigger Life People
Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world.
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Book Saws World
The [film] business is run by men, and they’re basically interested in their own species, and they’re not so interested in women belonging to the human race.
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Men Movie Running
I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can’t physically entertain any longer. It’s what I was born to do, and I love this profession.
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Born Entertaining Way
You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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Compassion Feelings Feels
My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were employed. But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor.
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Independent Sibling Teacher
You can’t just have a clean public space – you also have to have people willing to use it, and something that will draw them in.
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People Space Use
Some say love it is a river that drowns the tender reeds. Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your heart to bleed. Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. I say love, it is a flower and you, its only seed.
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Flower Heart River
Most people are walking around the city like corpses; they aren’t alive enough to notice the trash. They come from other places and they see it as a big garbage dump.
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Cities People Want

I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes.

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I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes.

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